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06/16/2007 09:49:44 PM · #1
I already got a flash. So that is cool. What are you getting?
06/16/2007 09:53:15 PM · #2
Not a thing :(
06/16/2007 09:53:48 PM · #3
Was hoping for a bit more then a flash.... oh you meant a strobe... never mind :-) Not sure but likely to involve some drawings that I need to guess at what is drawn :-)
06/16/2007 09:54:23 PM · #4
Originally posted by ursula:

Not a thing :(

I think there is a pre-requisite for this holiday, but I am not sure...
06/16/2007 09:54:32 PM · #5
Hopefully some peace and quiet!
06/16/2007 09:55:36 PM · #6
Originally posted by robs:

Was hoping for a bit more then a flash.... oh you meant a strobe... never mind :-) Not sure but likely to involve some drawings that I need to guess at what is drawn :-)

Those are the very best gifts! If I have to guess in my house, chances are those scribbles involve the clone army attacking the Jedi on some planet I have never heard of.
06/16/2007 10:03:44 PM · #7
I can prommise you I will ont get peace and quite!

I am getting a Nikon d70s converted fully for IR (yea super cool)

I am also getting a Pentax w-20 which is a completely waterproof little point and shoot. (should be lots of fun)

I am also getting a slr zoom GorillaPod which should be good for me.

PS some of you may have noticed that i post how cute and how much I love my wife in her threads well you can start to see why:)

jaded_youth rocks!!!
06/16/2007 10:12:15 PM · #8
With just a teeny-weeny bit of coaching, my wonderful spouse has two boxes waiting for me for tomorrow (and next week, my B-day):

this little number that I've been wanting, and this one too.. Both items I've been wanting but hesitant to spring for myself.

Woo-hoo!
06/16/2007 10:24:35 PM · #9
I bought myself "Battlefield 2142"
06/16/2007 11:47:03 PM · #10
Originally posted by strangeghost:

With just a teeny-weeny bit of coaching, my wonderful spouse has two boxes waiting for me for tomorrow (and next week, my B-day):

this little number that I've been wanting, and this one too.. Both items I've been wanting but hesitant to spring for myself.

Woo-hoo!


Wow, I have a b-day next week too!
06/16/2007 11:54:53 PM · #11
Originally posted by NathanW:

I bought myself "Battlefield 2142"


How is it?
06/17/2007 12:35:30 AM · #12
I'm getting lots of hugs and kisses from my kids.

That has value exceeding all the money in the world.
06/17/2007 12:37:17 AM · #13
It isn't Fathers Day here in Aussieland...but I still want to wish all the daddies out there a Happy Fathers Day...and a big kiss for you all....MWAH!
06/17/2007 12:47:01 AM · #14
My teenage daughter just got here from Indiana (where she has been living with her Mom) and informed me she is moving back home with me so yeah! Best present I could get!!
06/17/2007 12:47:55 AM · #15
Originally posted by jackal9:

My teenage daughter just got here from Indiana (where she has been living with her Mom) and informed me she is moving back home with me so yeah! Best present I could get!!


Awww...that is fantastic. Congratulations.
06/17/2007 12:51:13 AM · #16
I was taken out for sushi, so, I guess what I am getting then would be less than the government daily allowance for mercury.

I had fun.
06/17/2007 12:53:29 AM · #17
I can't stand these f'n "hallmark" holidays! What's next, Son's day, daughter's day? Oh wait, "I'm off my period day!" Yea! Woo hoo!

Message edited by author 2007-06-17 00:53:41.
06/17/2007 12:53:34 AM · #18
Me to, as we celebrate Fathers Day in September here in Australia.
I wish all the Dads a Happy Fathers Day each and everyday.....

Originally posted by Judi:

It isn't Fathers Day here in Aussieland...but I still want to wish all the daddies out there a Happy Fathers Day...and a big kiss for you all....MWAH!

06/17/2007 01:13:17 AM · #19
Originally posted by LanceW:

I can't stand these f'n "hallmark" holidays! What's next, Son's day, daughter's day? Oh wait, "I'm off my period day!" Yea! Woo hoo!


After having kids I have a new found respect for the day. It is not easy being a dad, and I wish mothers and fathers day was a whole week. As for the kids, everyday is there holiday already.
06/17/2007 01:19:28 AM · #20
Originally posted by Jason_Cross:


After having kids I have a new found respect for the day. It is not easy being a dad, and I wish mothers and fathers day was a whole week. As for the kids, everyday is there holiday already.


Amen! ;)
06/17/2007 01:45:02 AM · #21
Originally posted by Jason_Cross:

After having kids I have a new found respect for the day. It is not easy being a dad, and I wish mothers and fathers day was a whole week. As for the kids, everyday is there holiday already.


So? Did your kids ask to be born? Sorry, but Hallmark is a scam! ;-) Oh and don't get me wrong, I appreciate fathers and mothers, but their birthday is enough "praise."

Message edited by author 2007-06-17 01:46:12.
06/17/2007 02:07:07 AM · #22
...from a web search:
"FATHERS' DAY HISTORY"

"Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a "father's day." She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.

Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state.

After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.

President Calvin Coolidge, in 1924, supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. President Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it permanent in 1972."

Seems a bit more deep than just a Hallmark scam, IMHO. I sure wish my kids had their father with them today so they could celebrate and praise what a wonderful dad he has always been to them.
06/17/2007 02:10:39 AM · #23
My kids' dad is getting one of those corny concrete stepping stones. Difference? This one is shaped like the Chevy bowtie. That sucker is heavy (about 3 feet wide) and is in my trunk to give to him tomorrow.

I wish all of the Daddy's and Grandpa's on this site a happy father's day.
06/17/2007 02:25:22 AM · #24
well for the past 2 years I haven't even gotten a "Happy Father's Day" from the kids. I expect much of the same this year. Ah well, it is what it is.
06/17/2007 02:31:59 AM · #25
got the hubby, "God of War II" and the new Ozzy CD from the kids....he should be pretty happy :)

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